Biggest fail was the Limeys let the Yanks designate the Jap's fighters. Leading to the most potent being called Zero :-o

That wasn't us Armand! The US code named it Zeke and Hamp. Nobody listened to us. All the jackwagons

and goomers just kept calling it Zero. Can't blame that one on us.

The Japanese themselves called the aicraft 0. They use to designate them after their year of appearance. So, as their year numbers happen to coincide with ours in the last digit, and the Zero appeared in 1940 (Japanese year 2600, no we are in 2677), they called it "Type 00 Navy Fighter" (as "Kate" was named "Type 97 Torpedo Bomber", for it appeared in 1937).

<(later insertion) Greg and Kutscha said this already in the IJN dogfight topic, did not read it before>

One also should not underestimate "nothing". Remember computing bases on male and female sexual symbols.

Jeff, could you please explain the word "goomer" (and please carefully delimit it from "jackwagon") to a dumb German? I only find "gomer" and "groomer", both seem not to match very suitingly. Thanks!